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A mob-connected former cop was busted for forcing staff at his Bronx bakery to work long days for less than minimum wage and no overtime, officials said.

Walter Galiano, 57, an NYPD officer for 10 years, allegedly stiffed 25 workers at Arthur Avenue Bakery out of $350,000 according to State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office.

Authorities said the former officer, who retired from the force about 25 years ago, forced his workers to toil for up to 80 hours a week.

Galiano — who was picked up by the feds in a 2006 sweep of Genovese crime family figures for submitting false information to a federal grand jury — tried to cover up the illegal treatment of his workers through a scheme of tax fraud and business-record manipulation, officials said.

The former cop also allegedly intimidated workers into withdrawing statements they had made to officials by implying he had a handgun.

Galiano was held on $50,000 bail, which his family was trying to raise.